Felted fibrous container



Dec. 31, 1929- HALL 1,742,073

FELTED FIBROUS CONTAINER Filed July 8, 192a Patented Dec. 31, 1929UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RICHARD E. HALL, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

THE ARVEY MANUFACTURING CO., OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE Application filed July 8, 1926.

This invention relates to improvements in felted fibrous containers, andrefers more particularly to a container of fibrous material in which thefibres are caused to interlock One advantage of the present invention isthat it permits the use of a container of substantial depth in which canbe packed soft candies or other food products of analogous character byseparating the mass placed in the containers into layers. One advantageof this is that the articles of soft consistency are prevented fromcrushing and squeezing, normally due to the weight of the mass at thetop.

In the packing and shipping of soft candies, for instance, it is veryimportant that these softcandies reach the consumer in good condition.Heretofore attempts have been made to separate the mass into layers, toprevent crushing of the lower portion of the entire contents, but suchattempts have met with indifferent success because no shoulders havebeen provided whereby each layeris distinctly separated from the otherlayer by partition elements supported by said shoulders, and themselvesacting as supports for a layer placed on their upper surface.

The present invention contemplates containers of any size or shape,including round containers, rectangular containers and any other designor shape. In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevationa view of a feltedfibrous container constructed in accordance with the present invention.Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of Fig. 1 showing the arrangement ofthe spaced partitions FEL'IEID FIBROUS CONTAINER Serial No. 121,075.

being supported in the interior of the container by the shoulders. Fig.3 is :a crosssectional view taken on line 33 of F 2. Referring-in detailto the drawings, 1 designates, as a whole, a felted fibrous containerwhich may be constructed on the apparatus described and claimed in myco-pending application, Serial No. 744,586, filed October 20, 1924, orit may be constructed on anysuitable machine which will produce acontainer in which the fibres are interlaced and interlocked under theinfluence of suction. This container is provided with base 2, side walls3, removable or connected cover 4, and handle 5 anchored in the brackets6. During the forming operation by which thecontainer l is produced, itis provided intermediate the height of the side walls 3 with shoulders7, of

which there may be any number spaced from each other in any desiredmanner. The oper ation of forming these shoulders simultaneously Withthe formation of a fibrous container should be carried out in such amanner as to produce an indentation on :the interior of the pail and acorresponding outward proj ection on the outer wall of the pail, inorder that the thickness of the fibre at the point where the shoulder isproduced is substantially the same as the general thickness of the wall3. Thus there will .be no weakening of the fibres at the point where theshoulders are made. After the container has been formed it' may bewaterproofed and coated with .a

coloring material, sanded and put through any of the usual operations toproduce a ready for use.

Assume then that it is desired to pack soft candies in this pail. Alayer of these soft candies is built up from the base of the containerto a point just below the surface of the lowermost shoulder 7 Asubstantially flat partition element 8, which may take the form of stifffibre board of suiiicientthickness to have rigidity, may be then placedover said layer of candies, being supported on the lowermost shoulder 7.A second layer of candies is then placed on this partition element 8 andthe same operations repeated until the pail ' container has been filled.It will be obvious that the packed container has layers of soft candyseparated by stifi' partition elements, the layers being of such numberas to prevent the weight of the candies on top from crushing those onthe bottom. Vhen the candies are unpacked, the lowest layer will beintact and not crushed in any way.

I have shown in the drawing a container, which is known as a roundcontainer, having the side walls 3 tapering slightly outwardly from thebase in an upward direction. It is obvious that the present inventionincludes containers having straight sides as well as those havingtapered sides, and, further, that the invention may be applied torectangularly shaped containers as well as round containers. In the caseof straight-sided containers, the shoulders will be produced in agradually outwardly progressing vertical plane, as is obvious; in otherwords, the uppermost shoulder will lie in a vertical plane outside ofthe shoulders beneath it.

I have referred particularly to a felted fibrous container. The presentinvention also contemplates that shoulders may be produced in moldedfibrous containers, on which shoulders may be placed the partitionelements 8,

I claim as my invention:

1. A molded or felted fibrous container having a base and integrallyformed side walls of substantial depth, said side walls being providedintermediate their depth with spaced integrally formed shouldersproject" ing progressively outwardly in an upward directlon, andpartition elements supported on said shoulders dividing the interior ofthe container into separated compartments.

2. A molded or felted fibrous container having a base and integrallyformed side walls of substantial depth tapering slightly outwardly in anupward direction from the base, said side walls being providedintermediate their depth with spaced integrally formed shouldersprojecting progressively outwardly in an upward direction, and partitionelements supported on said shoulders dividing the interior of thecontainer into separated compartments, said containe being characterizedin that said side walls,i1cluding said shoulders, are of substantiallyuniform thickness.

RICHARD E. HALL.

